Universal's New Park/Site B Blue Sky Thread

[Teebin]

Has there been any new press regarding Tolkien and the lawsuits?

 

[Viator]

Has there been any new press regarding Tolkien and the lawsuits?

Warner Bros., Tolkien Estate Settle $80 Million 'Hobbit' Lawsuit | Hollywood Reporter

 

[Legacy]

So... why not "Universe of Dreams" as a park name with a zeppelin or a rocket as the icon.

I like the Columbia Main Street idea. That sort of steam-punk/Victorian entry that leads to the a massive vehicle that can have nighttime shows projected onto it. Suddenly, the icon isn't just a place, it literally represents a journey that you take when you get there.

 

[captainmoch]

So... why not "Universe of Dreams" as a park name with a zeppelin or a rocket as the icon.

I like the Columbia Main Street idea. That sort of steam-punk/Victorian entry that leads to the a massive vehicle that can have nighttime shows projected onto it. Suddenly, the icon isn't just a place, it literally represents a journey that you take when you get there.

I love that idea.

I seriously enjoy seeing people's specific park ideas. As in, not just random guessing, but really well thought-out ideas for themes, attractions, titles, etc. I just love the creative spirit.

 

[Legacy]

I love that idea.

I seriously enjoy seeing people's specific park ideas. As in, not just random guessing, but really well thought-out ideas for themes, attractions, titles, etc. I just love the creative spirit.

Hey... if the parks don't want my ideas, you guys get them.

 

[Donald Razorduck]

Like I said, I'd use it as a hotel on the edge of the park with a dedicated entrance to Dreamwork land that's home to several mini areas. Think of it as Art of Animation but better cause it's attacked to the corresponding part of the park. Perks like early and after hour resort guest only use and or special events.

 

[Donald Razorduck]

So... why not "Universe of Dreams" as a park name with a zeppelin or a rocket as the icon.

I like the Columbia Main Street idea. That sort of steam-punk/Victorian entry that leads to the a massive vehicle that can have nighttime shows projected onto it. Suddenly, the icon isn't just a place, it literally represents a journey that you take when you get there.

Dammit You mentioned Zepplin. I still think the the failed Hard Rock Park idea should been in Orlando along side Hard Rock Hotel and it would have given the area it's Thrill park. Oh the what ifs are neverending.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Dammit You mentioned Zepplin. I still think the the failed Hard Rock Park idea should been in Orlando along side Hard Rock Hotel and it would have given the area it's Thrill park. Oh the what ifs are neverending.

That park would have done so well in Orlando.

 

[Dinoman96]

I wonder if Universal would be willing to hold Halloween Horror Nights at this supposed 4th gate for a few years like they did at Islands of Adventure.

From my understanding, the big issue with holding it at IOA is that its lands are much more narrow in comparison to the streets of Studios Florida, making it difficult to manage parades and such, so that's why it's been exclusively there since 2006. I wonder if Uni would be willing to design the new park with HHN in mind better.

But I think the biggest issue is what lands they would be able to "horrorfy" and what lands they wouldn't be able to. Jurassic World would be fair game considering it's Universal's thing, but I feel a lot of outsiders lending their IPs to the park may have issues with it. Just look how stingy both JK Rowling and Dr. Seuss' widow are in regards to WWOHP and Seuss Landing respectively. With that in mind, I'd be really surprised if Nintendo let Universal signiciantly utilize their themed lands/attractions for the event. I'd imagine a lot of these companies don't want Uni to do the same thing they did to Marvel Super Hero Island back in 2002 with their properties.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

I wonder if Universal would be willing to hold Halloween Horror Nights at this supposed 4th gate for a few years like they did at Islands of Adventure.

From my understanding, the big issue with holding it at IOA is that its lands are much more narrow in comparison to the streets of Studios Florida, making it difficult to manage parades and such, so that's why it's been exclusively there since 2006. I wonder if Uni would be willing to design the new park with HHN in mind better.

But I think the biggest issue is what lands they would be able to "horrorfy" and what lands they wouldn't be able to. Jurassic World would be fair game considering it's Universal's thing, but I feel a lot of outsiders lending their IPs to the park may have issues with it. Just look how stingy both JK Rowling and Dr. Seuss' widow are in regards to WWOHP and Seuss Landing respectively. With that in mind, I'd be really surprised if Nintendo let Universal signiciantly utilize their themed lands/attractions for the event. I'd imagine a lot of these companies don't want Uni to do the same thing they did to Marvel Super Hero Island back in 2002 with their properties.

HHN will stay where it is. However, I think the new park will receive its own family-friendly Halloween event.

 

[Alicia]

HHN will stay where it is. However, I think the new park will receive its own family-friendly Halloween event.

I like that idea. Nice counter balance.

 

[captainmoch]

HHN will stay where it is. However, I think the new park will receive its own family-friendly Halloween event.

Pokemon, Zelda, and Shrek would be pretty good fits for some sort of temporary Halloween events/activities.

 

[Mad Dog]

Pokemon, Zelda, and Shrek would be pretty good fits for some sort of temporary Halloween events/activities.

and they have that new SNL halloween oriented animated coming out. Sounds like it may be a test run for a future park thing.

 

[Frank Drackman]

Everrything Universal has rights to include Ancillary Rights. (of note, some IPs are currently being filmed and developed with expected release dates such as Mortal Engines and the School of Good and Evil)


DreamWorks Animation:
Antz, Bee Movie, Prince of Egypt & Joseph: King of Dreams, Road to El Dorado, Sinbad opcorn:, Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shrek & Spinoffs, Monsters Vs. Aliens, How to train your dragon, Rise of the Guardians, Croods, Trolls, Trollhunters, Turbo, Home, The Boss Baby, Captain Underpants, Kong Fu Panda, Wizard of Once

DreamWorks Classic ( to include UPA, Harvey Entertainment/Famous Studio, Golden Books/Gold Key Comics, Big Idea Entertainment, Filmation, Woodland Animations, Tell-Tale Productions, Tribune Media Services, Bullwinkle Studio catalogues) :

Noddy, Voltron, Olivia, Where's Waldo, Felix The Cat, Gerald Mc Boing Boing, Mr Magoo, Fox and Crow, Dick Tracy, Casper & Friends, Richie Rich & Friends, Harvey superheroes (There are too many to list some of note are Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, and The Spirit) Blondie, Bunny, Hot Stuff, Chamber of Chills, Flash Gordon,Harvey Friends, Herman and Catnip, Honey Halfwitch, Lamb Chop's Playing Around, Charlie Horse, Space Family Robinson, Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD, The Phantom, Dell Comic Heroes, Gold Key Comic Heroes, Lassie, Sergaent Preston of the Yukon, The Mighty Hercules, King and Odie, The Hunter, Commander McBragg, Go Go Gophers, Klondike Kat, Tennessee Tuxedo and his tales, The beagles, Totter Turtle, Tale of the Wizard of Oz, Family Classics, Smokey The Bear, Jackson Five, Adventures of Pinnochio, The Osmonds, The Daydreamer, Mad Monster Party, The Relucant Dragon, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Friends, Santa Claus and Friends, Peter Cottontail, Veggie Tales, Gumby, Midnight Patrol in the Dream Zone aka Potswoth and Co, Dr Zitbag's Translyvania Pet Shop, Fat Albert, He-Man, She-Ra, Lavender Castle, The Forgotten Toys, Bill The Minder, The Spooks of Bottle Bay, Boo!, Tweenies, Titch, Katie and Orbie, General Mills Cereal Characters, Aesop and Son, Dudley Do Right, Sherman and Mr Peabody, Fractured fairy tales, George of the Jungle, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Super Chicken, Brenda Starr, Broomhilda, Little Orphan Annie, Conrad, Mother Goose and Grimm, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! and more comic strips.

Universal Pictures:

Beethoven, Curious George, Fast and Furious, Doctor Doolittle, Mortal Engines, Crononauts, Universal Monsters, Egg and Spoon, Gears of War, God of War, Locke and Key, Red Queen, Space Race, Spirit Animals, The School of Good and Evil, The Umbrella Academy, Weird Science, Watch Dogs, Pitch Perfect, Woody Woodpecker, Monster High, Back To the Future, Jurassic Park, Moshi Monsters, Hitchcock films, Nanny McPhee, Hell Boy, The Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright Trilogy, The Producers, Riddick, Peter Pan, blue brothers, Twister, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Waterworld, Babe, Backdraft, Jaws, Dune, King of the Mountain, Metropolis, HP Lovecraft, Invincible, Big it On, Films of John Hughes, To Catch a Mockingbird, Crime of the Century (Time Travel Heist franchise), Out of Africa, Warrior Queen, American Pie, Meet the Parents

Illumination Entertainment:

Sing, Despicable Me, Secret Life of Pets, Dr Seuss, Flanimals, Lockwood & Co, The Night Tourist

Universal Television:

Battlestar Galactica, The Good Place, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew, Xena, Timeless, American Dreams, The Munsters, Knight Rider, Time Cop, Magnum PI, Miami Vice, Dr Who, Quantam Leap, The A-team, Oregon Trail, Night Gallery, The Brave, Superstore, The Office, Parks and Rec, The Good Place, Brooklyn 99,

Universal Cable Productions:

Bates Motel, The Magicians, Eureka, Metropolis, Warehouse 13, Channel Zero, Mythos, Wild Cards, A Brave New World, Umbrella Academy, Interworld, The Woods, Bushido, Sharknando, 12 monkeys, THE RAVEN CYCLE QUARTET, Nightflyers, Happy!, Blood Drive

NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (not including their musical acts):

Owari No Seraph, Black Bullet, Arslan Senki, Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, Drifters, Beserk, Ao No Kanata No Four Rhythm, The Labyrinth of Grisaia: The Cocoon of Caprice, Norn9, Clockwork Planet, Astroboy, Starmyu, Bakumatsu Rock, Chobits, Sukiyaki Western Django, Hellsing, Tenchi Muyou, El Hazard series, High School of the Dead, Fate/Stay series, Black Lagoon Series, Toaru Majutsa No Index, Danganronpa: The Animation, Tokyo Ravens, A Lull in the Sea, Shakugan no Shana, Buso Renkin, Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra, Tales of Symphonia series

Universal Pictures International:

Moon Lovers, Hero

Focus Features: (There is a lot more but its really hard to compile and find a comprehensive list of films acquired before the naming of Focus Features)
Scott Pilgrim, Moonrise Kingdom, 9, Baby Driver, Everest, Rush, O Brother Where art Thou?, Italian Job, Brokeback Mountain, The Darkest Hour, Fifty shades, Atomic Blonde, Hail Caeser,

Laika:

Coraline, Paranorman, Box Trolls, Kubo

Universal Animation Studios:

Balto, Land Before Time, Sherlock Homeboy, Tale of Despereaux, Exosquad, The Savage Dragon

Amblin Partners (including Amblin Entertainment, etc):

Ghost in the Shell, Ready Player One, ET, Gremlins, An American Tail, Zorro, Men in Black, Adventures of TinTin, Goonies, Men in Black, Galaxy Quest, Gladiator; Peppa The Pig, Haunting at Hill House

Nintendo (Nintendo fully owns or owns part of the IP) :

Animal Crossing, Brain Age, Chibi Robot, Legendary Starfy, Donkey Kong, Doshin the Giant, Earthbound/Mother, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, Game and Watch, Golden Sun, Kid Icarus, Mario, Super Smash Bros, Kirby, Metroid, Pikmin, Pokemon, Zelda, Star Fox, Xenoblade, Wario, Bayonetta, Splatoon

Legendary:

Pacific Rim, Toho Monsters (Godzilla, etc), Warcraft, Mass Effect, Hot Wheels, Great Wall, Lost in Space, Dune

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in partnership with many different companies:

Thomas the Train, R. L Stein, Death Race, Twin Peaks, Bob the builder, Attack on Titan, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Dragon Ball Z, Cowboy Bebop

Gkids (in Partnership with Universal):

Ernest and Celestine, Boy and the World, Patema Inverted, Tale of Princess Kaguya, Song of the Sea, April and the Extraordinary World, Phantom Boy, Zarafa, Summer Wars, The Secret of Kells, Nocturna, Welcome to the Space Show

Blumhouse:

Purge, Oculus, Paranormal Activity, Ouija, Five nights at Freddy's

IPs seen in Parks that could expand more:

Shonen Jump, Hello Kitty, Detective Conan, Death Note, Neon Envangelion Genesis, Godzilla, Yokai Watch, Dragon Quest, Harry Potter, Popeye, Betty Boop, Scooby Doo, Spongebob, More original content.

Edit: Added Haunting at Hill House to Amblin, The Raven Cycle Quartet to Universal Cable Productions, added Out of Africa, Night School and Warrior Queen to Universal Pictures.

Things missing from list: Matchbox Pictures, Carnival Films outside Downtown Abbey, and a lot of the reality show stuff as its too numerous to list all. Also missing are films under Universal from their defunct subsidiaries.

Dang, great job! Guess NBC has nothing worthwhile ;-)

Saw something about wanting to see the slaughtered lamb done an alley...kick in Felix the Cat and these guys could really take a turn for an adult gate in all of this...not to mention how much profit they must have made on that first Grey movie...

 

[Mike S]

HHN will stay where it is. However, I think the new park will receive its own family-friendly Halloween event.

I think the better idea would be to isolate HHN at the new park and have a shared Halloween family event at USF and IoA.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

I think the better idea would be to isolate HHN at the new park and have a shared Halloween family event at USF and IoA.

Only way I see HHN move to a new park would be if the park lacks any major IP as its headliner.

 

[Frank Drackman]

I think the better idea would be to isolate HHN at the new park and have a shared Halloween family event at USF and IoA.

I just think with 'three' gates, it makes sense for HHN to stay where it is. A hard ticket at the new property should wait until there are at least two gates in that area (in my opinion).

Now, I thought the center piece was to be a large feris wheel with a pollen coaster on it!

I feel that Dreamworks has so many beautiful landscapes that are generic enough to work. I do not think it would make sense to have an Icon that is based on someone else's IP.

I also feel they could easily design a castle or something in a new Shrek movie if they had to. I also feel UNI does a good job with site lines...I mean, anyone who has been to VB can tell you that you do not see this grand volcano until UNI wants to reveal it to you as you enter the park, so I am sure they can find a way to isolate some areas from others.

 

[Ashhanbre]

I think the ideas presented for Shrek are absolutely perfect, and what I always wanted for Shrek.....10 years ago.

 

[Mike S]

Only way I see HHN move to a new park would be if the park lacks any major IP as its headliner.

I just think with 'three' gates, it makes sense for HHN to stay where it is. A hard ticket at the new property should wait until there are at least two gates in that area (in my opinion).

Now, I thought the center piece was to be a large feris wheel with a pollen coaster on it!

I feel that Dreamworks has so many beautiful landscapes that are generic enough to work. I do not think it would make sense to have an Icon that is based on someone else's IP.

I also feel they could easily design a castle or something in a new Shrek movie if they had to. I also feel UNI does a good job with site lines...I mean, anyone who has been to VB can tell you that you do not see this grand volcano until UNI wants to reveal it to you as you enter the park, so I am sure they can find a way to isolate some areas from others.

What if the new park was designed to better handle HHN crowds and make the event even bigger?

 

[Legacy]

What if the new park was designed to better handle HHN crowds and make the event even bigger?

The people who design HHN will have minimal impact in designing the next gate. Creative may build it with the thought that HHN exists, but it’s incredibly unlikely soundstages will be built to support a new park.

So, if you want HHN at the next park, expect all the houses to be built in extended queues, restaurants, and temp tents.